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filiate (verb), filiates; filiated; filiating
1. To decide who the parent of a child is through a judicial procedure: "During the disputed custody proceedings, the judge ordered that the paternity of the child be filiated to the mother."
2. To adopt the parentage of a child through a legal procedure: "Marjory and Mark plan to filiate a child from Asia before next year."
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